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Financing DRR

Τhis theme covers economic analysis supporting risk-informed investments, better investment planning and financing strategies for disaster risk reduction, cost-benefit analysis and other DRR investment appraisal techniques, and ex-ante/ex-post financing.

This theme at the moment also addresses post-event economic loss and impact assessments.

When Guatemala analysed how public money was spent on disaster risk and climate action, a clear picture emerged: prevention was underfunded — and opportunity was being missed.

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Documents and publications
Principles and processes for prioritising and influencing urban resilience investment

This guide outlines a set of principles and processes for resilience investment in Australia aimed at fostering effective, sustainable, and long-term resilience-building initiatives.

Natural Hazards Research Australia
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Research briefs
As wildfires increase in the West, so does suppression spending

A new study projects the intertwined relationship between fires and the money spent fighting them.

Eos - AGU
Children drink from a well in Bangladesh
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Climate services for health can save lives – and deliver economic returns. Here's how

Our climate is changing rapidly, and most of the world is not prepared. But with the right tools and climate-smart investments, governments can keep people alive and ensure functioning health systems as these disasters escalate.

World Economic Forum (WEF)
Two African men inspecting lettuce crops and a mango tree nursery on the fertile banks of the Niger river close to Niamey.
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Three ways to de-risk investments in climate-resilient agriculture

Agriculture is on the frontlines of climate change impacts. Droughts, floods, erratic rainfall and seasonal changes are already affecting crop yields, livestock productivity and rural livelihoods, particularly in developing countries.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Documents and publications
Assessing the real-world economic value of weather forecasts under compounding extremes: a decision-specific framework

This study proposes a flexible framework to assess the economic value of weather forecasts, with penalty functions that explicitly account for compounding losses as well as declining user trust in cases of repeated false alarms.

World Bank, the
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From reaction to prevention: using remittances to act before climate crises hit

An initiative by the H&M Foundation and Mercy Corps and co-funded by global financial technology platform, Adyen, is testing how early-warning systems can trigger remittances before climate disasters strike.

H&M Foundation
Indian farmer getting trained on the computer
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From coverage to payouts: tracking pre-arranged finance country by country

A new interactive dashboard brings disaggregated, country-level data together for the first time so that governments, practitioners and researchers can see not just how much financial protection exists, but how it has actually performed.

Centre for Disaster Protection
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Documents and publications
Embedding risk finance in integrated national financing frameworks

This policy note explores how Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs) can support more resilient financing by embedding climate risk diagnostics and climate disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI) mechanisms into national financing strategies

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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